I’m young enough to remember when CNN and MSNBC hosts, along with fellow guests, were fawning over Michael Avenatti. They were swooning like a bunch of fan girls at an Elvis concert. I remember it vividly because (and this is a bit of a conceit) I can generally recognize slime-ball lawyers when I see and hear them talk. Avenatti excreted goo. He was clearly good at the game and knew how to talk a good con, but I could see that he was a fraud, a conman, a goon in a $1,000 suit. I’ve seen plenty in 30 years of practice.Read More